Sex Offenses
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Alcohol-related harm to others: a survey of physical and sexual assault in New Zealand.

23 Sep 2009 AIM: To describe the 12-month prevalence of physical and sexual assault, and the association of assault with drinking by the perpetrator. METHODS: Population-based survey of 16,480 adult New Zealanders, using computer assisted telephone interviewing ... Read more...

Online posting of unprofessional content by medical students.

21 Sep 2009 CONTEXT: Web 2.0 applications, such as social networking sites, are creating new challenges for medical professionalism. The scope of this problem in undergraduate medical education is not well-defined. OBJECTIVE: To assess the experience of US ... Read more...

Suicide attempts, gender, and sexual abuse: data from the 2000 British Psychiatric Morbidity Survey.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to utilize data from the 2000 British National Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity, a randomized cross-sectional survey of the British population that included questions relating to the phenomena of suicidality ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Sex Offenses'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Alcohol-related harm to others: a survey of physical and sexual assault in New Zealand. 23 Sep 2009
• Online posting of unprofessional content by medical students. 21 Sep 2009
• Struck from behind: maintaining quality of life with chronic low back pain. 30 Aug 2009
• Suicide attempts, gender, and sexual abuse: data from the 2000 British Psychiatric Morbidity Survey. 30 Aug 2009
• Self-reported history of sexual coercion and rape negatively impacts resilience to suicide among women students. 30 Aug 2009
• Sexual abuse and lifetime diagnosis of somatic disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 3 Aug 2009
• Mixed news. 30 Jul 2009
• Sexual predator law or preventive detention? Call it for what it is. 30 Jul 2009
• Sexual and reproductive health of persons aged 10-24 years - United States, 2002-2007. 15 Jul 2009
• TRICARE: Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) changes included in the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2007; authorization of forensic examinations. Final rule. 15 Jul 2009
• The consumption of Internet child pornography and violent and sex offending. 12 Jul 2009
• Prevalence of sexual and physical abuse in patients with obstructed defecation: impact on biofeedback treatment. 29 Jun 2009
• Abuse, mastery, and health among lesbian, bisexual, and two-spirit American Indian and Alaska Native women. 29 Jun 2009
• Care provided in visits coded for intimate partner violence in a national survey of emergency departments. 29 Jun 2009
• Harry, Paul and the Filipino maid: racial and sexual abuse in local contexts. 29 Jun 2009
• [Important for sexual crime victims that health services and the legal system act correctly] 29 Jun 2009
• Physical health consequences of sexual assault victims. 29 Jun 2009
• Pathways to and from homelessness and associated psychosocial outcomes among adolescents leaving the foster care system. 16 Jun 2009
• Post-traumatic stress disorder and suicidal behavior: A narrative review. 6 Jun 2009
• Clinical management of bladder dysfunction caused by sexual abuse. 6 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Sex Offenses'

Definition: Any violation of established legal or moral codes in respect to sexual behavior.

Descriptor UI: D012742

Alternative terms: Sex Offenses; Offense, Sex; Offenses, Sex; Sex Offense; Sexual Abuse; Abuse, Sexual; Abuses, Sexual; Sexual Abuses;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; ethnology; history; legislation & jurisprudence; prevention & control; psychology; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: I01.198.240.748;

History Note: 68